Woman with Fat Rolled Curls, Wonderful Antique Carved Bust three drawer tabletop chest Nails across the red painted

Nails across the red painted bottom perch

Drawing: 15 7/8" x 7"

This little petit point on wool embroidery just makes me happy

Plenty of dings and some paint loss as pictured

and in 1868 the IOOF voted to establish Degree Lodges of the Daughters of Rebekah

Woman with Fat Rolled Curls, Wonderful Antique Carved Bust three drawer tabletop chest Nails across the red paintedPurchased from a New Hampshire based dealer, I am not certain the origins of this beauty, but presume she's European, and certainly quite old (based on the hairstyle I would guess mid 18th c.), with a patch of what I believe are worm holes on the left side of the bust. I love her not quite symmetrical face, which makes this feel much more like a specific portrait than a generalization, and especially the fat, rolled curls of her hairstyle, which make